Reading entire file content in Python - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to open a file named 'data.txt' for reading.

Python

file = open('data.txt', '[1]')

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Ar

Bw

Ca

Dx

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'w' which opens the file for writing and erases content.

Using 'a' which opens the file for appending.

The mode 'r' opens the file for reading.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to read the entire content of the file into a variable named 'content'.

Python

content = file.[1]()

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Areadline

Bwrite

Cread

Dclose

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using readline() which reads only one line.

Using write() which is for writing, not reading.

The read() method reads the whole file content as a string.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to properly close the file after reading.

Python

file = open('data.txt', 'r')
content = file.read()
file.[1]()

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Aread

Bwrite

Copen

Dclose

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Calling read() again instead of closing.

Trying to open the file again instead of closing.

After finishing file operations, always close the file using close().

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to read the entire file content safely using a context manager.

Python

with open('data.txt', '[1]') as file:
    content = file.[2]()

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Ar

Bw

Cread

Dwrite

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'w' mode which is for writing.

Using write() method which is for writing.

Using with open(..., 'r') opens the file for reading and automatically closes it. Then read() reads all content.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to read the file content and print it.

Python

with open('[1]', '[2]') as file:
    content = file.[3]()
print(content)

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Adata.txt

Br

Cread

Doutput.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong file name or mode.

Using write() instead of read().

The file name is 'data.txt', mode is 'r' for reading, and read() reads the entire content to print.